OSM FACT SHEET
U.S. Department of the Interior                                    
Office of Surface Mining                     
July 7, 1999
                                                                                                                                                
                  OSM AWARDS HOPI TRIBE $914, 202 GRANT
           FOR ABANDONED MINE LANDS PROGRAM

          The Interior Department's Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and

Enforcement (OSM) has awarded the Hopi Tribe a $914, 202 grant to fund

the abandoned mine lands (AML) reclamation program on Tribal lands in 

Arizona.

    Legislation was enacted in July of 1987 authorizing Indian Tribes to 

operate their own AML reclamation programs, while OSM continues to 

administer the federal regulatory program for coal mine reclamation on

Indian Lands. 

                                                              -DOI-

                                
For additional information about the grant contact Norman Honie, Jr., (520)

734-7140.